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VOL. Lm .. NO. 244, (Clasotiled Advertlalng ou Page 6.) MANCHESTER. CONN„ TUESDAY, JULY 17. 1934,
Center of West Coast’s Paralyzingr Tieup SAY EQUAIMnG
BOARD’S A a i o l COAST STRIKE IS SPREADING:
WAS NOT LEGAL
MILITIA MOVE INTO OAKLAND
^1 ' Mmntains Property in Other Districts Should Not ] FOOD TRUCKS BEGIN (By Associated Press) : Seattle— Labor leaders expressed ' San Francisco—The second day doubt any general strike would be ; Be Included in Appraisal. of the general strike found relaxa- declared in Seattle. Non union labor tion of union restrictions ufion dls- : loaded ships at .SmiUi's cove, and a TO ARRIVE IN AREA fributlon of food and Ice, and re- i citizens' commute said further port The Ninth District committee had citabllshment of limited street car —‘ —- opening wduld be attempted. prepared a statement for presenta- transportation schedules. Vancouver, B. C.—Longshoremen tion at the annual meeting of the Oakland —Fifteen thousand strik- voted down an arbltratl'on board's Street Cars Stopped in East Bay Cities Which Adds ing building trades workers were to derision' in a wage dispute and district last Friday evening, but the be joined by approximately 27,000 agreed not to unload any ships whlcn forced adjournment of this meeting central trade workers in on exten- hAd been load'.'d In United States 500,000 Persons Hit hy General Walkout — Many made It* presentation impossible. sion of the general strike to the east ports by "unfair" labor. This statement deals with the equal- bay area. , San Pedro— Police sought to col- izatlon problem, a complicated .sub- Portland —This Oregon metro- lect for the duration of the maritime Ferryboats Go Out of Service— Over 7,000 National ject which obviously contains possi- polis . appeared drifting toward a strike all firearms held by civilians bilities for differences of opinion; general strike as dwindling gasoline in the Los Angelos harbor area. Guardsmen With Tanks, Machine Guns and Gas Con- but the facts as the Ninth District supplies forced prices as high as 49 Police broke up.an outdoor labor committee sees them. The inferences cents a gallon, with no "gas" avail- meeting, arresting *a woman speak- to bo drawn from these facts as able for U. S. mall trucks or planes. er. centrated on Waterfront in Frisco. contained In the statement are as follows: Board’s Decision. San Francisco. July 17.— (AP) — FIRST great WALKOIT "1. The Committee on Equaliza- The general strike grasped Oakland WAS f.'OMPURTE SI'CCESS tion, consisting of the chairman of ^ in Its Iron-Ilke claw today and FOOD THE BIG PROBLEM the Board of Selectmen, a represen- : reached l.ts grip on San Francisco, By associated PRESS tative .of the Board of Assessors, i Aft^r a day of idleness San Fran- The strikers in the first great and a representative of the Town walkout o j record never did School Board, is charged under the cisco's muntcipkl street cars rolled IN WEST COAST STRIKE go back to their jobs. General Statutes with the duty of I from their barns, but the' more nu- They were the Israelite.s who appraising the property and esti- merous trams of the key system worked In; Egyptian brick fac- mating the debts of the various dis- didn't turn a' wheel in the East Bay tories. tricts. We are advised by the Stores and Markets Nearly ; cities. The Bible tells that Pharaoh chairman of this committee that It ordered them to furnish the has been determined that the town 1 Walkout of the key lines trainmen : straw for the bricks Instead of should assume all of the bonded In- Out of Fresh Meats and Connor Baby I initiated the general strike in Oak- getting It from their taskmas- debtedness of the Ninth District and i land, Berkeley, Alameda and other ters. should take over the school build- ] East Bay cities, extending the ings. as the assets of the district, Vegetables; Other Stocks ' strlke'.s paralyzing grip to an addi- They objected. Having found a at their full appraised value, with tional 500,000 of the Metropolitan leader In Moses, they walked out the exception of the West Side Rec- sis-ScY i"! s?-" area's 1,300,000 people. —toward the Promised Land— X i Shot of the " " s'-aphlcally shown in thl, alr- Are Dwindling. Found Alive and never returned. reation building on which they have Ferry boats of the key route sys- placed a value of 40 per cent of its tem also went out of service, crip- appraised valuation. pling transportation for the thou- "2. The Committee on Equaliza- San Francisco, July 17.— (AP) — .sands who commute between San municipal line were not molested. tion arrived at this arbitrary value Food was the paramount problem Francisco and Oakland. Southern The food problem remained acme Behind Home but the decision of the strike steer- of the West Side Recreation biiildlng STATENS 0 . S. FUNDS today in San Francisco's mass Pacific ferryboats were left to bear by endeavoring to estimate approxi- MACHADO NOW LOCATED the burden of the entire traffic. ing committee to permit opening ot strike. those of the city’s two thousand mately the ratio of the square floor Hartsdale, N. Y., July 17.— (A P )— More Guardsmen area devoted now to school purposes, Store, and markets were depleted Simultaneously 200 more Na- restaurants which employ union times the hours of school use to the OVER 24 MILLIONS of fresh meats apd vegetables and Robert Connor was found alive and tional Guardsmen moved Into Oak help Is expected to lift the ba'- total square floor area, times the IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC other food stocks were dwindling smiling this afternoon In the woods land's west waterfront, while almost ricr. total available hours In the day. No rapidly. behind his house by state troopers. the full strength of California’s! „ , , Uquor figures have been presented by them Public opinion, already aroiased 7,000 militiamen was concentrated Safety for produce trucks brln.fl- Mrs. Charles H. Connor fainted to us and no opportunity has been This Does Not Include Grants by the food shortage, appeared like- on the San Francisco waterfront' “ Vsh vegetables and other suu- given to check the correctness of American Sea Captain Tells ALCORN LAUNCHES ly to spur ' ffo'la toward ending the when a trooper came In the door of with tanks, machine guns and ar- i P“ ®® into the strike zone also was strike. tillery gas units. promised by the general strike com- the estimate on this assumption. It her Hart.sdalc Manor home with 21- Made for Relief Agencies; The food .situation: Relief for the gasoline and food ' however, declared a would seem to give no credit for the n'unth-old Rob.irt in bis arms. following: How Former Cuban Presi- p R Q B E IN HARTFORD Fruits and fresh vegetables,— shortages on both sides of the bay !'®(*ipt ban on all liquor for s.ile In . "a. One room constructed ' as a None available, except limited sup- The child’s face was badly scratch- was seen as the first tracks began' school room, but not now In use for dent Was Spirited Away . Figures Released. plies of citrus fruits. to arrive In the cities under heavy i strike committee's this purpose. Fresh i; eat*—None. Some canned guard since the teamjiters strike of i ff Pfo^ram providing for Um- "b. A large assembly hall, occu- meats, but grocers said they would last Thursday. distribution of necessaries on- Policemen released from water- | 'J®*" union supervision, also called for pying over one-half of the floor area from New York. Reopens Investigation of Do- Bridgeport, July 17— (AP) —L. be In consumers' hands shortly. of the second floor, designed, both A. Hoffman. PWA . engineer for Cured meats all sold. front duty in Oakland by the arrival i operation of bakery, milk for school purposes and general Connecticut and Rhode Island rc- Canned goods-S tlll available at of Guardsmen were immediately as- service. Miami, Fla., Jply 17.— (A P )_ ings at Last City Election; most groceries, although stocks signed to the convoy service. First The gasoline ban on all but '’ei- assembly hall purposes and physical ,ported today a total of *24.016,900 sential" services remained, however. training. Gerardo Machado, former Cuban badly depleted. trucks brought In produce, groceries In Federal funds had been allocated Efforts to meet the emergency "c. Toilet, bathing facilities, cloak president Is now In the Dominican Staplea- Ratlonlng resorted to by and gasoline—all treasures In the Hints Conspiracy. •to Connecticut, as of July 7, 1934. most stores .'n order to keep some strike area. officially proclaimed by Mayor An- rooms and a pro rata of corridors Republic after flight from the Unit- This total, Hoffman said, was ex- gelo J. Rossi, were started by a and stairways. sugar, and flour on hand. Supplies ] ed States- and a rnurder warrant clusive of allocations made to the available for a few days more. OVER 100,(M)0 ON STRIKE c'tlzcns’ committee of 500 F. M. "d: The use of the building during •state through the CWA, CCC, FERA Hartford, July 17.— (AP) Cot Bread and milk -No interruption San Francisco, July 17.-^(AP) — McAuillfe, attorney and chairman ct and out of school hours ,by school aboard the 80-foot auxiliary and similar relief agencies. committee named by Mayor Roasi, schooner Boreas, Capt. A. M. Scott splracy angles of the last city elec- In deliveries, either to homes or With today's walkouts in support of children for physical training and Prior to June, 1934, the state was issued a statement declaring "it is physical education purposes. of the ship disclosed here today. tion which Involved alleged "shake- Jriores. by order of general strike the prolonged longshoremen’s and allocated *18,410,000. Of this committee. the function of the citizens’ com- Called Illegal. The ruler of "blood and iroil" was downs" of speakeasies by Dcm-i- amount. *4,400.000 represented non- maritime strike., union labor -had mittee, first of all, to safeguard the pictured by Scott as a man "fright- The nineteen restaurants deslg- hi ought, virtually its full strength "3. We are advised by counsel cratic political leaders and attempts Fedcral allocations made through orderly life as well as the healta that the Committee on Equalization ened, terribly frightened,” who the offices of, the state engineer, of 1(10,000 members In the bay re- by prominent Republicans to pre- (Contlnued on Page Six) of the people of San Francisco by la charged under the statutes with promised much to Scott and then *13,485,000 comprised Federal allo- gion behind the general .strike move- providing for the proper distribution forgot when a friendly Dominican vent the arrest of former Alderman the duty of appraising the property cations direct to agencies, and *525.- ment whicli, leaders say is In defense ot foodstuff." Coast Guard cutter took him Rocco D. Pallottl on election day, of "the American principles of or- of the district; that even assuming 000 Went to railroad companies in The statement appealed to a’ l aboard. were being probed today by State's work creating loans. ganization and collective bargain- merchants, "large and smali” , to “He said he would make me Inde- Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn in a pri- ing." (Coottnued on Page Two) After June 1934 non-Federal allo- WRITER DESCRIBES keep, their stores open. pendently rich for life," said the vate hearing of subpoenaed wit- cations totaled *4,176.900, while *1,- Over Portland Oregon, also block- As the various moves went for- sea captain whose craft offered Ma- nesses before Superior Court Judge 430,000 came to the state In Federal eded for more than two months be- ward, the City Hall and the Central chado escape. Allyn L. Brown at the Count’/ allocations direct to agencies. cause of maritime conflict general Lalmr Temple were pulsating nerva Surroundea by friends, Machado building. BESIEGED FRISCO Pay for Worker* a strike clouds hover. The Central centers of far flung activity. LINK GEM THEFT now lives in a small house perched Involves Higher U'ps Hoffman estimated that the non- Labor Council, representing 85 Mayor Rossi made It clear he had at the top of a mountain trail In Joseph Santoro and Philip De- Federal allocations gave rise to unions, authorized It strategy com- made no request for martial law, Lucco, now serving sentences in the highlands back from the sea- work valued a( *18,325,400. m'ttce, "to use Its best judgment" In but the Guardsmen extended the'ir WITH KIDNAPING coast near Manzanillo Bay. The State's Prison for buying votes Ir "Y'ou will note," said Hoffman, In Looks Like Holiday On the control Into part of the Individual the last municipal election were the the matter of calling a mass walk- cutter lay alongside the Boreas for releasing the figures "that a total out. and commission house district where transfer at Monte CristI, a short chief wltncssea today. Writs of of more than *24,000,000 of Federal The Portland strike. If called, will the San Francisco group composs'l distance west of Manzanillo Bay on habeas corpus were to he issued bv funds has been allocated to this Streets But Crowds Wor- of business leaders, has starta'i Judge Brown, for the appearance piobably start at five p. m. tomor- the north corst. state exclusive of the allocation row. movement of freight from the long Four Women and Two Men of these men at the hearing this through the (JIVA, CCC, FERA and Chartered In New York Gov. Julius L. Meier of Oregon blockaded waterfront. morning. It is understood that similar Federal relief agencies. It ried Just the Same. Chartere.l at New York City Is- has coinmunlcated with President It was the first attempts to move land through a third party ostensi- they have made confessions IniD'i- Is to be noted also that the total the freight with non-union long- Held m Connection With cntlng "higher up.s" in the DiXii/-' Bcosevclt now enroute to Honolulu. bly for a Caribbean fishing trip by given takes no account of additional shoremen and truck drivers that cratic organization In connecticn monies required to be appropriated San Francisco. July. 17.— ( A P I - United States Senator Robert F. men named "Cohen" and "Este,'’ Wagner, author of Federal labor led to the “bloody" battle of July 5 the Bremer Case. with the purchasing of votes. It Is by municipalities in connection with Like the man who was all dressed In which S'i persons fell wounded the Boreas took its passengers expected that the Investigation will Bobby Connor legislation is hastening toward the aboard May 16 at Lewes, Del., the projects, nor does it attempt to up with no )lace to go, San Fran- under police gunfire, two of th>;m be along these lin^s. evaluate the tremendous Influence cisco had lots of time but little to Oregon city by airplane to aid medi- when rough water forced cancella- cil by brambles after nearly five fatally. . (Chicago, July 17.— (AP) — Au- The state’s attorney’s office has which the expenditure of these do. ation of the maritime dispute. Brig. Gen. F. L. Bradman of the tion of a rendezvoOs at Rehoboth, been probing Into the ramifications days.ln the woods. Pleas for drastic action. Including thorities studied today a possible on the other shore of Cape Honlo- funds already is exhibiting In the The strike besieged city took on Marine Corps, arrived from San link between the recovery of stolen pen, Del. of the last election since the trial manufacturing. fabricating and the appea-an.e of a hol'lday. But Fifty state troopers had been an api)cal for martial law. came Diego and Conferred wifh Maj. Gen. ot Rocco D. Pallottl early this year. jewels worth *65,200, a *250,000 Shaking out its canvas and with handling of the materials Involved. everything seemed topsv-turvy. searching methodically through the fiom San Francisco and ousine.ss or- Malln Craig, Commandant of the mall robbery and the $200,000 Ed- Pallottl now stands convicted of Crowds were wherF they shouldn't tangled brush all day in a last effort g.inlzatlons today as the enormous Army’s Ninth Corps area. Nearly erigine racing, the Boreas was far conspiracy and assault for wlilch be. iward G. Bremer kidnaping. at sea before Captain Scott, he said, to find the missing child. cost of the mass walkouts swelled one thousand soldiers are stationed “ j Four women and two men were In he was sentenced to nine months In Vests and shirts open and tieless into millions of dollars. Acting Gov. at the Presidio. went below, found his passengers the county jail. He 18 now at lib The baby was found at 2:45 p. m. bustody, and Detective Chief Wll- 'assembling rifles and pistols—with collared workmen walked between by Sergeant Jerome Hogan, of the Frank F. Merrlam declared at Mayor McCracken of Oakland erty on ball pending the outcome EECTRICAL STORM the ama.t stores of Grant street .sacremento that If the National termed the strike a threat to "Inno- Yham Shoemaker .said two of the a generous supply of ammunition of his appeal before the state. Grecnbargh police who has been al- women, whom he refused to desig- for both—and discovered Machado where only a few of the customary most continuously on , the. search Guard la unable to cope with sltua- cent" persons and appealed , to union Little. Information nate, stole the jewels on June 14 was the actual charterer, and that modlshly dressed women shopped. since the child was reported .lost tii.na that may develop, he will labor “not to be a party to acts from the hotel room of Mrs. Adolph In attempting to reach the bot- HITS NOVA SCOTIA Well dress.d men and women Thursday at 5:30 p. m. ' take whatever steps as may be that arc fraught with disaster.' his secretary and valet were the tem of the election day illegalities Zukor, wife of the movie magnate. other two men. stood In line at lunch counters they The child’s disappearance from iiccessary for the general good." He charged that "there Is among the state’s attorney's office has been would not have noticed last week. us what amounts to insurrectl-m Those detained were James Wein- After putting in at Norfolk, Va„ hampered hy the refusal ot Demo- his home five days-Ago was respon- Tills was Interpreted as meaning berg, 33; his wife, Eula, 33; her Hilltop d 'ellers spend their time sible for one of the most wide- that he, might request federal socie- and assault upon our common gov- sister, Elsie Delaney. 28; Miss De- on rooftops watching through field ernment (Continued on Page Two). | (Oonttnued on Page .Two) Causes Havoc Over Wide spread searches In the cast since ties. and. marines to , support the laney's roommate, Dorothy Jacobs, glasses and telescopes for they did state guardsmen. not know what. W.ASIHNGTON' WATCHES 27; Robert Vestal, 29, and his wife, (Continued on Page 81x) Some Ciars Operated. Helen, 32. Area; Building Burned, a t y Is On Foot The, lessening of the strike pres- Washington. July 17—: (AP) — A city of people averse to walk- The White House said today sev- Under Indictment sure l(ere Included resumption , of Police said Weinberg, saloon and ing spent the day on foot. Some service of municipal street cars .(a eral unofficial requests for execu- Fear Mountain Climbers Many Injured by Lightning tive. Intervention in the west coast cafe operator, was under indictment took It in jest. To some, struggling fraction of the cltys traction facili- as the result of a *250,0(X} mail rob- slowly on cratches, limping on strike had been forwarded to Presi- ties) with the approval of the labor dent Roosevelt out on . tY)c Pacific, bery in Chicago's Loop on Dec. 6, canes, or overworking aged' legs un- "steering" committee and under 1932. Among others named in the Have Perished in Blizzard Halifax, N. S., July 17.— (A P )— accustomed to walking, the day STORES alqng with latest developments in Nova Scotia was recovering today was a painful trial. orders of the municipal utilities com- the emergency. charge was John J. (Bo.is) Me-, mission. Laughlln, former State Assembly- „ . . . from the ravages of an electric Automobiles ran at leisure over There were no Indications as yet, storm of tropical Intensity which A military airplane brought Gen- however, that Mr. Roosevelt would man. later indicted for pos.scssing' S'mla, India. July 17.— (A P )— A The expedition,' backed formally wide Market street, deserted by its eral Hugh S. John.son, NRA, into killed, maimed and caused havoc four lanes of clanging traincars. CLOSED ransom money ;)aid for the release' (-"ril.ih Nows Agency dispatch from by Nazi authorities, set out from the San Francisco from Portland hi.-t continent in 31argh, scheduling their over a wide area as lightning bolts People window-shopping In • the (Continued on Page Six) Sf- brewer.' Calcutta s.ald today di.inster had shot earthward. night. attempt for midsummer. empty front displays of closed food ' Bible' rann°e*ct“ n 'hctwwn^the *three ' “ n expedition of veteran At Tuft’s Cove, across the harbor stores. Asked if be considered the strike Merkl, a famous climber, led a TOMORROW “a test of the NRA program". Gen- TRKASCR.' B.ALANCE crimes. ^ Cfrmun mountain climbers .seeking similar attempt which failed in 1932. from Halifax, Jotm Larlsey syas By night they had become ex- Wire tapping by police and Clar" scale Mount Nanga Parbat, 26, killed as he _ huddled in terror with eral Johmson said: "Can't answer In this pajty were two Americans, ceedlnglj*/ bored. No movies, no that. Don’t know enough about the ence Converse, a Federal operative, virgin peak in the Western his little brothers and sisters In Washington, July 1 7 .-rlA P )— E brlilgc Rand Herron of New York dances, no night clubs, no refresh- situation.” He said he did not ex- The position of the TYeasury, JiUy led to the arrest of those held. The Himalayas. their parents' summer home yester- ments. not even the familinr end Miss Ellzabetli Knowiton of day. pect to stay In San Francisco long. 14 was: Receipts, *5.081.874'S8.- ex- officers said they overheard con- V.'illys Merkl. leader of the party, Boston. ing gallery on .Seveptb street was Eleven other Nova Scotians were Merchants’ Day will he San Francisco's board of super- penditures *9,318,951.12; balance, versations offering the Jewels for 'Irlch Wielar.d and Dr. Wcizcnbach No Americans are in the present open. visors, the city-county governing sale in New York and St. Paul. injured and at least six buildings observed in Manchester *«,584,467,957.11; customs 'receipt* lif.ye bcc'i ,mi.-.sing for several days party which carried extensive scien- A young woman night time shop- board, adopted a resolution requeu- for the mont'i, *8,.W1.T0''6S. Weinburg took officers to the were burned. (Jhurch steeples were tomorrow. All stores in the midst of a t.‘rrific blizzard. tific equipment. Including oxygen per had just been told her grocer ing President Roosevelt to come lo Receipts for the fts. .\l \car (sine* loot, but denied any part In the iJit report .said. smashed, small buUdings were lev- had no more coffee. will be closed for the tanks. the city and direct the attempts to •July 1) *13< .633,1^6.71; expendi- eled, live stock was uestroyed. burglary. He claimed two women Attempts to clTort a rc.sCuc of the Nanga Parbat for 40 years has de- "It Seems SUIy” day, as employers and Telephone poles were snapped, restore peace and normal activity to tures, *161.645.228 41- (Utoiudlng abandoned thF jewelry in a tavern, cf t’’.r rzily ihu far have fied man's effort to scale it. A. F. "It seems too slUy,” she said, “to the community. fearing that detectives were follow- electric light service cut off, and employees spend the *100,382,588.10 of emergency ex- lai'od. ihrfr pnriers were reported Alummerj-. an Englishman, the first have everything we need and want Scattered \1olence kept two thou- penditures); excess of expenditure*. ing them. • to have dica. day at the shore. to try, was killed la the attempt (Conttnoed on Page Two) sand polled on constant watch but *131.011,691.78; goI